Division 2.1.2.1 Capacity to deal with a pandemic influenza and tackle particular health threats (Annex — points 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.8)

United Kingdom

This action aims to develop capacities and strategies to assist Member States, Candidate Countries, EEA/EFTA Countries, and the Community as a whole, in dealing with health threats. Priority is given to the threat of pandemic influenza and activities on influenza prevention/management, shared emergency communication strategies and preparedness and high quality tools and information on health and the socio-economic impact of pandemic and related counter-measures, in coordination with European Research Framework Programme activities^f1.

Other priorities are:

non-communicable disease threats such as those related to chemical and environmental issues requiring rapid intervention;
further development of an early warning system on chemical agents and traceability activities on cross-border transportation of dangerous substances relevant to public health;
communicable disease management aspects of migrant health and cross-border issues, including screening and contact tracing issues;
assisting in dealing with logistical priorities (e.g. procurement, stocking, distribution of medicine) and non medical intervention (e.g. measures to increase the social distance, entry and exit screening, disinfection measures, etc.) during emergency situations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Refer also to Sixth Framework Programme Scientific Support to Policies, Fifth call, SSP-5B INFLUENZA.

Notes on Division 2.1

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Commission Decision of 8 November 2007 amending Decision 2007/102/EC adopting the work plan for 2007 for implementation of the programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003 to 2008), including the annual work programme for grants (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/741/EC).

Footnotes

f1: Commission Decision 2004/858/EC (OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 73).

Notes on Division

Footnotes

f1: Council Decision 2002/834/EC (OJ L 294, 29.10.2002, p. 1). Sixth Framework Programme public health related projects under Scientific Support to Policies — CORDIS web page: http://www.cordis.lu/lifescihealth/ssp.htm
f2: It should be noted that under calls to be published early 2007 under the forthcoming Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, there will be topics with particular reference to public health in the section ‘Optimising the Delivery of Health Care to European Citizens’.

Notes on Division 2.1.2

Footnotes

f1

Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. (OJ L 268, 3.10.1998, p. 1).

Commission Decision 2000/57/EC (OJ L 21, 26.1.2000, p. 32).

Commission Decision 2000/96/EC (OJ L 28, 3.2.2000, p. 50).

Commission Decision 2002/253/EC (OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 44).

f2

Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 142, 30.4.2004 p. 1).

f3

See: http://europa.eu/health/ph_threats/Bioterrorisme/bioterrorism01_en.pdf